EASTERN CHAD: We are very disturbed that in eastern
Chad on Tuesday our efforts to move traumatised,
newly arrived refugees from West Darfur away from the
volatile border to camps was blocked by the presence
of unknown armed elements. (read
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DAMASCUS, Syria: The UN refugee agency and its sister
organization, the World Food Programme (WFP), warned
of a funding shortage on Tuesday after launching
their biggest joint aid distribution to date in
Syria. (read
more)

BAKU, AZERBAIJAN: In 1993, Gulshan Aghayeva was
forced to flee from her home region of Zangilan in
south-west Azerbaijan as conflict over the enclave of
Nagorno Karabakh escalated. She found shelter...
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BAGHDAD: Angelina Jolie brought her star power to
Baghdad Thursday on a mission as a U.N. Goodwill
Ambassador to highlight the plight of Iraqi refugees.
The actress said there needs to be a more coherent
plan...(read more)

LAGOS, NIGERIA: Thousands of people have taken refuge
in northern Nigerian, say the UN's refugee agency,
UNHCR, after fleeing a bloody rebel assault on the
Chadian capital of N'Djamena. Hundreds of people died
when rebels attacked...(read more)

NEW YORK: Many of today's conflicts around the world
are being fuelled or exacerbated by water shortages
and climate change is only making the situation
worse, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the General
Assembly today. (read more)

ABECHE, CHAD: A series of armed attacks on the UN
refugee agency and other aid organizations forced
UNHCR on Thursday to evacuate most of its staff from
its office in Guereda. In the last 72 hours, five
vehicles belonging to...(read more)

UNHCR Continues Operations in Eastern Chad with
Reduced Staff: The fighting in Chad has caused at
least 20 thousand Chadians to flee to neighboring
Cameroon and as many as three thousand to Nigeria.
The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) and the Red Cross are
providing assistance to the new arrivals in Cameroon.
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